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One of the best books ever is 14,000 things to be happy about. This is a book that includes nothing but a list, of 14,000 things - seriously - to be happy about! Just like the title says. Completely unordered and random, the list was compiled over a course of years. I've owned the book for ages and just found my copy again; happy treat!

Today is a good day already. Still, I thought it would be fun to look through the pages and gather a random list. Wanna' play? Wanna' add something to the list? Yours doesn't have to come from a book. You can just add in the comments, anything you think of that makes you happy. But these are from the book. Hint... author Barbara Ann Kipfer was really onto something when she shared this list. Some of her items will make you say "huh?" but if you stop and just think about it... about the tiny snippets of pleasure inherent in some of her entries - in some of the simple moments of life - I think you'll see the point:

using powder

heavy blackberry blooms

dropping out of something important

midnight phone calls

new white tennis shoes

a wedge of fresh lime to turn a glass of mineral water into a cocktail

paperback guidebooks

hush puppies

the feel of a whirlpool

little boys in white boxer shorts

a bachelor pad

eating ice cream sandwiches by licking around the sides

kissing games: pass the Life Saver, spin the bottle, post office

season tickets

congeniality

drop leaf tables

hanging pans

opening clams

first college weekend

beautiful sand patterns

stage managers

seeing an apple fall from a tree

I should play this game more often. Just sitting here, flipping through the book, intentionally looking for a new page, and a new page, in spite of the variety on every single one of the pages... priceless private giggles. Even if you don't write anything here, I hope you'll give yourself a few minutes of quiet pleasure and just sit with a list of things that make YOU happy!